Organizations are listed in alphabetical order by name.

Alliance of Professional Artists, 1500 Park Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32835, URL: www.allproartists.org Description: A national artist service organization that offers a variety of services to members, including health insurance discounts, credit card processing, and discounts on books and products.

American Association of Museums, 1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington DC 20005, Email: aaminfo@aam-us.org URL: www.aam-us.org Description: Membership organization open to professional and volunteer museum staff, independent curators, and consultants.

American Craft Council, 72 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10012, Email: council@craftcouncil.org URL: www.craftcouncil.org Description: Sponsors exhibitions, seminars, workshops, and international exchange and communications programs. Publishes American Craft.

American Print Alliance, 302 Larkspur Turn, Peachtree City, GA 30269-2210, Email: director@printalliance.org URL: www.printalliance.org Description: A nonprofit consortium of printmakers councils. Publishes the journal Contemporary Impressions.

American Society of Portrait Artists, P.O. Box 230216, Montgomery, AL 36106, Email: info@asopa.com URL: www.asopa.com Description: Sponsors a Web site for members and offers other services.

Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington DC 20005, URL: www.artsusa.org Description: An advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the arts and culture in communities throughout the U.S.A. Sponsors a Job Bank and a publications program that distributes career-related books for visual and performing artists.

Aperture Foundation, 547 W. 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001, Email: info@aperture.org URL: www.aperture.org Description: Sponsors exhibitions, publications, research, and the Paul Strand Archive.

Art and Science Collaborations, Inc., 130 East End Avenue, #1A, New York, NY 10028, Email: asci@asci.org URL: www.asci.org Description: Formed to raise public awareness about artists and scientists who use science and technology to explore new forms of creative expression, and increase communication and collaboration betweeen these fields.

Artists Network of Refuse and Resist, 305 Madison Avenue, #1166, New York, NY 10165, Email: infony@artistsnetwork.org URL: www.artistsnetwork.org Description: Artists & arts presenters create and promote art that contributes to a culture of resistence. Sponsors events and projects. Also has an office in Los Angeles.

Arts and Healing Network, P.O. Box 276, Stinson Beach, CA 94970, Email: ahn@artheals.org URL: www.artheals.org Description: An organization devoted to an exchange of information for those interested in the healing potential of art.

Arts Extension Service, Division of Outreach, 100 Venture Way, Suite 201, Hadley, MA 01035-9430, Email: aes@outreach.umass.edu URL: www.umass.edu/aes Description: Sponsors programs in arts management, business development, fund-raising, advocacy, leadership, and marketing. Also publishes and distributes books and guides.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc., 155 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013, Email: A4@aaartsalliance.org URL: www.aaartsalliance.org Description: Sponsors exhibitions, publications and programs for Asian-American artists.

Asian American Women Artists Alliance, 136 15th Street, Basement, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Email: info@aawaa.org URL: www.aawaa.org Description: Supports and promotes Asian American women artists in the visual, literary and performing arts. Sponsors exhibitions, performances, readings, and educational workshops and seminars that help artists develop their careers.

Association of Hispanic Arts, Inc., P.O. Box 1169, El Barrio, New York 10029, Email: informacion@latinoarts.org URL: www.latinoarts.org Description: Offers a variety of services geared toward professional Hispanic artists and arts organizations.

Blue Earth Alliance, P.O. Box 94388, Seattle, WA 98124-6688, Email: info@blueearth.org URL: www.blueearth.org Description: A membership organization devoted to exhibitions and photographic projects that educate the public about endangered cultures, threatened environments, and social concerns.

Colored Pencil Society of America, Email: president@cpsa.org URL: www.cpsa.org Description: Sponsors an annual exhibition, publishes a newsletter, and provides information on product research and pigment identification. Regional chapters throughout the U.S.

En Foco, 1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, Email: info@enfoco.org URL: www.enfoco.org Description: A national organization that supports contemporary fine art and documentary photographers of diverse cultures, primarily U.S. residents of Latino, Africa and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific. Sponsors traveling exhibitions, an image library, registry, and publishes the journal Nueva Luz.

Fractured Atlas, 248 W. 35th Street, Suite 1202, New York, NY 10001, Email: helpdesk@fracturedatlas.org URL: www.fracturedatlas.org Description: A nonprofit organization that offers many support services to artist-members throughout the United States, including health insurance, fiscal sponsorship, legal services, and grants.

Friends of Fiber Art International, P.O. Box 468, Western Springs, IL 60558, URL: www.friendsoffiberart.org Description: Sponsors programs and publishes a quarterly newsletter.

Glass Art Society (The), 3131 Western Avenue, Suite 414, Seattle, WA 98121, Email: info@glassart.org URL: www.glassart.org Description: An international nonprofit organization that promotes the appreciation and development of glass arts. Publishes the Glass Art Society Journal and a bimonthly newsletter, and sponsors a conference.

Graphic Artists Guild, 32 Broadway, Suite 1114, New York, NY 10004, Email: execdir@gag.org URL: www.gag.org Description: Advances the rights and interests of artists through legislative reform and organizes networking activities.

Guerilla Girls, Email: gg@guerrillagirls.com URL: www.guerillagirls.com Description: A group of women visual and performing artists and writers dedicated to fighting discrimination.

Hand Papermaking, Inc., P.O. Box 1070, Beltsville, MD 20704-1070, Email: info@handpapermaking.org URL: www.handpapermaking.org Description: Dedicated to advancing traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of hand papermaking.

Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., 11255 Buford Highway, Suite 211, Suwanee, GA 30024, Email: hga@weavespindye.org URL: www.weavespindye.org Description: Provides forums for the education of handweavers, handspinners, basketmakers, and fiber artists in related disciplines.

International Sculpture Center, 14 Fairgrounds Road, Suite B, Hamilton, NJ 08619-3447, Email: isc@sculpture.org URL: www.sculpture.org Description: A nonprofit service organization for professional sculptors. Sponsors Portfolio, an on-line registry of more than 400 sculptors. Publishes "Sculpture."

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, Email: intuit@art.org URL: outsider.art.org Description: Recognizes the work of artists who demonstrate little influence from the mainstream art world and who are motivated by a unique personal vision. Sponsors exhibitions and programs.

National Association of Independent Artists, 1426 Hazen, SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-3713, URL: naia-artists.org Description: Dedicated to the professional and economic success of its membership. Serves as a vocal advocate for improvement in the profession for artists.

National Association of Women Artists, 80 Fifth Avenuue, Suite 1405, New York, NY 10011, URL: www.nawanet.org Description: The oldest professional women’s fine arts group in the United States. Encourages the growth and development of women artists, and provides cultural and educational programs.

National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20506, Email: webmgr@arts.endow.gov URL: www.arts.endow.gov Description: A federal agency that supports America's cultural heritage, nurtures the expression of human creativity, supports the cultivation of community spirit, and fosters the recognition and appreciation of excellence and diversity in the nation's artists.

National Sculpture Society, c/o ANS, 75 Varick Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10013, Email: info@nationalsculpture.org URL: www.nationalsculpture.org Description: Publishes Sculpture Review and a bimonthly newsletter. Provides members with information on career opportunities for sculptors.

National Women's Caucus for Art, P.O. Box 1498, New York, NY 10013, Email: info@nationalwca.com URL: www.nationalwca.com Description: Represents the professional and economic concerns of women artists, art historians, educators, writers, and museum professionals. Sponsors conferences and exhibitions.

National Wood Carvers Association, P.O. Box 43218, Cincinnati, OH 45243, URL: www.chipchats.org

New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, 7th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201, Email: nyfainfo@nyfa.org URL: www.nyfa.org Description: Sponsors a national arts information database NYFA Source.

Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, 832 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, Email: prc@bu.edu URL: www.bu.edu/prc Description: Provides a range of programs and services for photographers, journalists, critics, curators, students, and other individuals and organizations interested in photography.

Santa Fe Center for Photography (The), P.O. Box 2483, Santa Fe, NM 87504, URL: www.sfcp.org Description: Formerly The Center for Photographic Projects. A nonprofit organization that honors, supports and provides opportunities for gifted and committed photographers.

Society for Photographic Education, 2530 Superior Avenue, #403, Cleveland, OH 44114, Email: speoffice@spenational.org URL: www.spenational.org Description: Provides a forum for the discussion of photography and related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight. Sponsors publications, services, and interdisciplinary programs.

Society for the Arts in Healthcare, 2437 15th Street, NW, Washington DC 20009, Email: mail@thesah.org URL: www.thesah.org/template/index.cfm Description: Dedicated to the incorporation of the arts as an appropriate and integral component of health care. Members include physicians, nurses, medical students, arts administrators, architects, designers, and artists in all disciplines.

Surface Design Association, P.O. Box 360, Sebastopol, CA 95473-0360, Email: surfacedesign@mail.com URL: www.surfacedesign.org Description: A national membership organization for artists involved in surface design, including textiles, weavings, quilts, and other forms of fiber art. Publishes Surface Design.

The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, 26 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013, URL: www.leslielohman.org Description: A nonprofit organization committed to providing a forum to further the awareness, appreciation and preservation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer art. Sponsors a gallery, a newsletter, and other programs.

The National Association of Independent Artists, 1426 Hazen, SE, Grand Rapics, MI 49507-3713., URL: naia-artists.org Description: Dedicated to the professional and economic success of its members. Serves as a vocal advocate for improvement in the profession for artists.

The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), P.O. Box 624, Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658-0624, URL: www.americanmosaics.org Description: A non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and promoting excellence in fine mosaic art. Organizes an annual conference and exhibition, and sponsors a newsletter.

UrbanGlass, 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217-1112, Email: info@urbanglass.org URL: www.urbanglass.org Description: Dedicated to promoting the use of glass as a medium for creative endeavors in art, craft and design.

Women's Caucus for Art, P.O. Box 1498, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013, URL: www.nationalwca.org Description: Sponsors exhibitions, conferences, a newsletter, and access to health insurance.

Publications are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: Directory of Minority Arts Organizations Author/Editor: edited by Carol Ann Huston Description: Regularly updated. Includes a list of national arts service organizations with leadership and constituencies that are predominantly Asian-American, Afro-American, Hispanic, Native American, or multiracial. Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts Publication Date: Publisher's Address: National Endowment for the Arts, Divison of Civil Rights, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20506, Email: webmgr@arts.endow.gov URL: www.arts.endow.gov

Web Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: API News Art in the Public Interest Description: Reports items of interest regarding community-based arts organizations. Available on-line and through a free e-mail subscription. Email: apinews@communityarts.net URL: www.communityarts.net/apinews/index.php

Title: ArtWomen.org Description: A site devoted to information and exchange of information pertaining to visual art and feminist cultural production across and between disciplines and geographical boundaries. Provides news, art reviews, book reviews, exhibition opportunities, and other career-related opportunities for women artists. Email: artwomen@artwomen.org URL: www.artwomen.org